Emotional trauma is defined as anything that seriously disrupts your sense of safety. Prop 8 was not an abstract, legal concept for kids of gay/lesbian families - it hit at the very core of their family. Imagine being a third-grade kid and knowing the government announced that your beloved mom or dad is a type of person officially barred from marriage, and that they could have been legally, instantly divorced against their will. What would happen to you? How hard would it be for you to sit and eat your peas calmly at dinner that night?